I saw this tag on Youtube and immediately wanted to be involved. This topic is important and needs to be discussed. Makeup is a powerful thing and should be used with care. With great power comes great responsibility! Here is my story:

Growing up as a dancer, one of my favorite times of year was the annual recital. The downside, however, was having to wear makeup. The worst part was the eyeliner and mascara. I would yell at my mom for poking me in the eye even though it was my fault because I was complaining and fidgeting. I hated makeup! Then, sometime between junior high and high school, I fell in love with makeup. My mom eased me into it, but I was already head over heels. I rarely left the house without wearing it. As a college student, I had more important things to focus on therefore I was barefaced 75% of the time. Even though that was merely a season in my life, I learned a lot from something as simple as not wearing makeup. Fellow students still looked me in the eye and talked to me. That may sound lame, but the experience broadened my comfort zone. I have struggled with insecurity for as long as I can remember. I had this idea that if I didn’t cover up my blemishes and under eye circles, people shouldn’t look at me lest they be disgusted. Nowadays, I have no problem walking out of the house with as little as mascara and lip balm on my face. There is nothing wrong with makeup, no matter how much or how little you prefer to wear. The message I want to emphasize is using makeup to enhance the face God gave you. Don’t use makeup to hide behind. You are beautiful!! Please do not listen to hurtful words and ignore those who try to push you around and make you feel guilty about loving makeup. There is nothing wrong with makeup, and there is nothing wrong with how you look.

“Put your makeup on, Get your nails done, Curl your hair, Run the extra mile, Keep it slim. So they like you. Do they like you. Get your sexy on, Don’t be shy girl, Take it off, This is what you want, To belong. So they like you. Do you like you. You don’t have to try so hard. You don’t have to give it all away. You just have to get up get up get up get up. You don’t have to change a single thing.”

“Days will come when you don’t have the strength. When all you hear is you’re not worth anything. Wondering if you ever could be loved. And if they truly saw your heart they’d see too much. You’re beautiful. You’re beautiful. You are made for so much more than all of this. You’re beautiful. You’re beautiful. You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His. You’re beautiful.”